Unless Samsung was able to somehow pull a major prank on all tech sites covering Galaxy S6 and Galaxy Edge leaks, and convince everyone it’s indeed copying the iPhone 6 with the new Galaxy S generation, then it’s more than clear to any Android fan that the upcoming Galaxy S6 will be very similar to the iPhone 6. Maybe too similar, even though that’s not necessarily a bad thing for Samsung, which might really need to revert to what has worked for it in the past.

One of the weirder trends that I’ve noticed at CES 2015 so far is the resurrection of three thought-to-be-dead smartphone platforms that have been brought back to life as smart TV platforms. Panasonic announced that its own smart TVs will run Mozilla’s Firefox OS, LG said that its new TVs would run on Palm’s beloved-but-defunct webOS, and Samsung showed off its first TVs running on its own Tizen platform. More →

What would convince you to buy a new smart TV in 2015? How about a brand new operating system? Samsung revealed on Wednesday that each and every one of its smart TVs releasing in 2015 will run a new platform based around the Tizen OS. More →

Samsung has hit another roadblock in its troubled journey to replace Android as the primary operating system for its mobile devices. The Wall Street Journal reports that Samsung is postponing the release of its first Tizen phone, the Samsung Z, which was originally set to go on sale in Russia in the third quarter of this year. The company didn’t give any specific reasoning for the delay, but did note that it still needs to “further enhance [the] Tizen ecosystem,” referencing the platform’s lack of software. More →

If you were looking to pick up a Tizen phone before they hit the market, you might have already missed your chance. G4Games came across an eBay listing for a “new Tizen Samsung SM-Z9005 smartphone for apps development,” complete with photos that match up very closely with the leaked press image from earlier in the week. The model number is also nearly identical to the model number of the render (SM-Z9000), although the SM-Z9005 could certainly be a different phone in the same line of Tizen devices. According to the listing, the handset will feature a 4.7-inch display and 16GB of internal storage. The listing was removed almost as quickly as it went up, but G4Games managed to snag the photos before they disappeared. Check out another photo of what could be Samsung’s Android-killer below. More →

Pushing forward despite a few major setbacks, Samsung will preview its lineup of Tizen smartphones in Barcelona on February 23rd, the day before Mobile World Congress begins. ZDNet Korea has obtained a copy of the invitation, which promises attendees “an exclusive sneak preview of the newest Tizen devices” and information about how Tizen has evolved since last year. Although the operating system that threatens to rival Android might not arrive in 2014, Samsung is fully aware that the longer it delays showing off Tizen, the more potential converts it will lose. Tizen now lacks the support of NTT DoCoMo, Japan’s largest carrier, but SK Telecom, Korea Telecom, and LG U+ will all be in attendance at the event showing their support for the latest smartphone OS.

Bad news for Samsung’s somewhat anticipated Android rival: Japan’s biggest carrier reportedly wants nothing to do with it. Recent rumors suggested that NTT DoCoMo would finally launch a Samsung smartphone powered by the new Tizen platform this coming March. It turns out that those were indeed the plans, but The Wall Street Journal on Friday reported that the plans have been canceled. Why? It looks like the carrier had a change of heart and decided that Japan is a two-horse town. “The market is not big enough to support three operating systems at this time,” a DoCoMo spokesman told the paper on Friday. Samsung will undoubtedly fight to change the carrier’s mind about Tizen in the future, and it will also likely do everything in its power to ensure the sentiment doesn’t spread to other wireless service providers in the region.

Google and Samsung already have an interesting relationship, but it is about to get much more awkward. Google has seemed a bit concerned for some time that Samsung has taken such a dominant role in the Android ecosystem. Now, Google will have a new reason to be concerned: beginning in March, Samsung will dominate Android and compete with it at the same time. According to a report from Japan-based magazine Mainichi, top Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo has confirmed that Tizen smartphones will become available beginning in March. The news follows a number of delays that pushed the launch of Samsung’s first Tizen phone back from last year, but the consumer tech giant apparently has no plans to delay things any further. The first round of Samsung’s Tizen handsets are expected to debut next month during the annual Mobile World Congress trade show.